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Security experts from some security firms have reported that threat actors have started abusing the memcached protocol to power distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) Attacks, so-called memcached DDoS attacks.

Memcached is a free and open source, high-performance, distributed memory caching system designed to speed up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load.

This has to be a first. The tl;dr of this is that if the company detects their software installation using a blacklisted/fraudulent product key, it pushes a “test.exe” to the target machine. This executable was revealed to be the Chrome Password Dumping Tool by SecurityXploded – available at http://securityxploded.com/chrome-password-dump.php. The dump of the passwords is packaged by an included “base64.exe” and sent via HTTP back to FSLabs. Once this was revealed to the public, the company issued a statement defending their stance on piracy, followed by a new release of their downloader that promises this DRM is not included. Superhero or supervillian? Read more here.

Samsung has unveiled the world’s largest solid state drive — an unassuming-looking bit of kit that boasts a whopping 30.72 terabytes of storage. It’s the most storage ever crammed into the 2.5-inch form factor, and is designed for enterprise customers looking to move away from the mechanical parts of your standard disk-based hard drive.

Dell is weighing a sale of its business to VMware, a massive and unusual deal that would allow Dell to go public by essentially selling itself to a company that it owns, according to CNBC’s Alex Sherman.

Shares of VMware were down 9% on the report, which cited anonymous sources and noted that Dell was also considering other strategic options.

Dell owns 80% of VMware, a publicly traded software virtualization company that Dell acquired when it purchased EMC for $67 billion in 2015.

In collaboration with Signal, Microsoft is introducing a Private Conversations feature in Skype, powered by Signal Protocol. Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Google Allo already use this technology. The protocol combines the Double Ratchet Algorithm, prekeys, and a triple Diffie–Hellman (3-DH) handshake, and uses Curve25519, AES-256 and HMAC-SHA256 as primitives.

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 08, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wi-Fi Alliance® introduces enhancements and new features for Wi-Fi Protected Access®, the essential family of Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ security technologies for more than a decade. Wi-Fi Alliance is launching configuration, authentication, and encryption enhancements across its portfolio to ensure Wi-Fi CERTIFIED devices continue to implement state of the art security protections.